Jayson Stark: Yes
I don't like declaring how I'm going to vote five years before the ballot shows up. So I'll just express how I'm leaning now. As I've said before, I'm trying to take a consistent stance on all members of that generation. So my position on Sammy is essentially no different than my stance on Mark McGwire. As I wrote when I voted for McGwire, I don't feel comfortable casting votes based on assumptions. Or popular opinion. Or messy appearances before Congress. Or who got named in Jose Canseco's book. If I withheld votes for players who fit those criteria, I shouldn't vote for anybody from that era. There were so many players taking something, I don't know how to pick and choose without more facts. So if I had to vote today, I'd vote for Sammy. But I reserve the right to change my mind if we all know a lot more, about him and everyone else, when the ballot arrives.